Lung Cancer Specialist Nurse, Band 6

Job summary

This is an opportunity to develop your clinical & professional practice as a senior nurse within the lung cancer team across Gloucester Hospitals. You will work as a core member of the multidisciplinary team to the highest standard of specialist supportive care managing patients throughout their lung cancer pathway.

The post holder will also support the personalised cancer care agenda and develop risk stratified pathways in order to continue the development and improvement of cancer care provision that is received by our patients, their families and carers.

Additional working pattern details: Hours can be compressed to 4 days per week

The proposed interview date is 11th June

Main duties of the job

The post holder should demonstrate well-developed interpersonal, communication, negotiating and influencing skills demonstrated through experience of working in complex and demanding environments.

Providing advice, support and leadership within clinical teams.

Deliver against departmental and service objectives, achieving quality outcomes and prioritising own workload.

Collect and analyse data from various sources to assess impact of service to look for innovative ways of developing and managing the service more effectively such as digital triage and patient communication.

To attend, in departmental service meetings to ensure involvement in decision making processes.

Attending and participating in the lung MDT meetings ensuring the outcomes are communicated with patients/clinicians in a timely manner.

To use excellent prioritising and time management skills to meet the unpredictable and conflicting needs of the role.

Contribute to the development of speciality protocols and guidelines for a nurse-led service. Autonomously run nurse-led clinics ensuring patients have appropriate, timely clinical and practical information and support.

Ensuring patient physical symptoms and concerns are actioned, liaising with the MDT as appropriate.

Evaluate and analyse clinical problems using their clinical knowledge, seeking out and applying relevant evidence, enhanced interpretation of clinical investigations, interventions and skills to make clinical decisions.

About us

We take pride in placing people at the centre of everything we do, working together as a united team. Driven by a shared ambition to continually grow, develop, and learn, we recognise and value every contribution. By combining our experience and skills, we not only support our vibrant, diverse communities, but also support one another.

With a team of over 9,000 employees, we are proud to be the largest employer in Gloucestershire and rank among the top 10 largest Trusts in the South West region. By joining our Trust, you will benefit from an excellent package that includes exclusive benefits, flexible working opportunities and the chance to gain valuable experience in one or both of our innovative hospitals.

As well as generous annual leave allowance, you will have access to the excellent NHS pension scheme, competitive bank rates, discounts at local shops and restaurants, access to two on-site nurseries, discounted public transport, reward and recognition and a range of health and wellbeing initiatives to support you.

Details

Date posted

14 May 2026

Pay scheme

Agenda for change

Band

Band 6

Salary

£39,959 to £48,117 a year (pa, pro rata if part-time)

Contract

Permanent

Working pattern

Full-time

Reference number

318-26-T0326

Job locations

Gloucestershire Royal Hospital

Gloucestershire

GL1 3NN

United Kingdom

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